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Dax

(Encyclopedia)Dax däks [key], town, Landes dept., SW France, in Gascony, on the Adour River. It has long b...

Aube

(Encyclopedia)Aube ōb [key], department, NE France, in Champagne. Troyes is the capital. ...

Ardèche

(Encyclopedia)Ardèche ärdĕshˈ [key], department in Vivarais, S France. Privas is the capital. ...

Aveyron

(Encyclopedia)Aveyron ävārôNˈ [key], department, S central France, in Guienne. Rodez is the capital. ...

Cantal

(Encyclopedia)Cantal käNtälˈ [key], department, S central France, in Auvergne. Aurillac is the capital. ...

Loir

(Encyclopedia)Loir lwär [key], river, 193 mi (310 km) long, rising S of Chartres, N central France, and flowing generally SW through a fertile agricultural region to join the Sarthe River N of Angers. ...

Lozère

(Encyclopedia)Lozère lôzĕrˈ [key], department (1990 pop. 72,700), S central France. Mende is the capital. ...

Nièvre

(Encyclopedia)Nièvre nyĕˈvrə [key], department (1990 pop. 232,600), central France. Nevers is the capital. ...

Yonne

(Encyclopedia)Yonne yôn [key], department (1990 pop. 324,600), N central France. Auxerre is the capital. ...

Ferdinand VI, king of Spain

(Encyclopedia)Ferdinand VI, b. 1712 or 1713, d. 1759, king of Spain (1746–59), son of Philip V by his first queen, Marie Louise of Savoy. When Ferdinand succeeded his father, his stepmother, Elizabeth Farnese, lo...